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(Reuters) - Washington state filed an environmental lawsuit
on Thursday against agricultural company Monsanto Co
seeking damages and cleanup costs associated with the company's
production of PCBs, the state's attorney general said. December 9 2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump named
fast-food executive Andy Puzder to head the U.S. Department of
Labor on Thursday, drawing criticism from labor advocates
worried about his opposition to a higher minimum wage and
government regulation of the workplace. December 9 2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities will reach a
settlement with medical device maker Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
over bribery allegations in the next four weeks,
prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday. December 9 2016